This is a wild guess here, but how about ateriosclerotic vascular disease? Or atherosclerotic vascular disease? Either of those could be abbreviated to ASVD. Do either of those fit your patient? I looked it up at Pharma-Lexicon, and also got this list of possible matches:

Personally, I like the whole 'viral diarrhea' concept...how exciting. ;>P Hope this helps!!

Last edit by NICU_Nurse on Aug 28, '03

May 29, '02

Perhaps a little more info? What unit was the pt. on? I'm guessing it's cardiac? Either the one previously mentioned, or some type of defect (although this one looks like it would be every kind of defect!)

Unless the pt just had A Sterile Vaginal Delivery.

:chuckle :chuckle Heather

May 29, '02

A sterile vaginal delivery!! LOL
Maybe you could check the diagnosis in the admission notes, let us know was it viral diarrhea or atherosclerotic vascular disease.

May 29, '02

what is a sterile vag delivery? no such animal trust me.

May 29, '02

This client was in a nursing home. He has several DX on his chart:

hypothyroidism, IDDM, Parkinsons, AD, and cataracts....

no history of cardiac that I can remember, and the viral infection guess???hmmm......???

This friday i will see him again, and I am going to ask the regular nurse....my curiousity awaits the answer...

May 29, '02

I do know that diabetics tend to have high cholesterol and excess fatty plaques in their vessels; I'm still going with vascular disease. Diabetics are at huge risk for that- much more so than the average person. Perhaps it was newly diagnosed? What meds had been prescribed for this patient? If you list them off, maybe we can figure out what it is. ;>P

May 29, '02

Randy - you didn't say in either of your posts if this was your patient that you were taking care of, or just something you happened to come across.

In any event, never be afraid to ask the nurses on the floor questions. Not only helps you get the answers you need, but it helps you to weed out the good nurses from the bad

Heather

May 29, '02

Old days ASCVD = arteriosclerosis cardiovascular disease, have seen it shorted to ASVD recently; please check with the nurse to be sure.

REcently, our intake staff has been coming under fire from clinical managers as terminology coming from hospitals is getting ridiculous....in the name of brevity we are getting accronyms + symbbols as diagnosis listed on referral forms. If not standard across most of healthcare community. Diagnosis: USA had me stumped--call to discharge planner revealed hospitals term for Unstable angina....we all had laugh; but when you get to a patients home and they say they were only in the hospital for toe wound and deny heart problems it doen's look funny anymore.

Last edit by NRSKarenRN on May 29, '02

May 29, '02

atrio-septal-ventral defect?

May 29, '02

That was my first thought, too, LilgirlRN -- but it would be AVSD. AVSD = Atrioventricular Septal Defect.